“Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.” Bertrand Russell BadProud
“Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.” Bertrand Russell DesireEvilGood
“If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.” Bertrand Russell Life
“It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.” Bertrand Russell AnimalLife
“Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.” Bertrand Russell LoveMean
“Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.” Bertrand Russell HistoryPower
“The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.” Bertrand Russell FatherPlay
“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” Bertrand Russell FearTrust
“The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.” Bertrand Russell Lie
“It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.” Bertrand Russell Old
“The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.” Bertrand Russell LiePhilosophy
“There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.” Bertrand Russell RespectWorry
“Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?” Bertrand Russell Feel
“The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.” Bertrand Russell AnimalPhilosophy
“I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.” Bertrand Russell GodLoveUniverse
“I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.” Bertrand Russell Philosophy
“Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.” Bertrand Russell
“Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.” Bertrand Russell Revolution
“To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.” Bertrand Russell Philosophy
“Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.” Bertrand Russell Love
“A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.” Bertrand Russell Time
“Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.” Bertrand Russell DesireFreedom
“I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.” Bertrand Russell DogLiePhilosophy
“Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.” Bertrand Russell LieRespectWin
“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.” Bertrand Russell
“Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.” Bertrand Russell Love
